Sunday Spill: The Tilley Watch Online, October 13-17, 2025; Fave Photos Of The Week; A New Yorker State Of Mind Dives Into The Issue Of Sept. 28, 1935

The Tilley Watch Online, October 13-17, 2025 An end of the week listing of New Yorker artists whose work has appeared on newyorker.com features Daily Cartoons: Dan Misdea, Ali Solomon, Brendan Loper, Adam Douglas Thompson, Nathan Cooper. See them here.  Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook: “Donald Wins The War On Crime” Cartoon Highlights 2006-2015: the latest in a series of selected New Yorker

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Sunday Spill: Latest Additions To The Spill Library

Latest Additions to The Spill Library: Through the kindness of two friends of the Spill, two book deliveries arrived at my door this week. Here’s the first: What you see above, from the top down: The very first New Yorker Album …a heart-stopper whenever I see a dust-jacketed copy. This one has (amazingly, considering its age: 97 years) retained the

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Wednesday Spill: Happy 96th, Edward Sorel!; Virtual Talk Of Interest…Ken Krimstein; R. Crumb At 92NY; New Yorker State Of Mind Dives Into The March 23, 1935 New Yorker; Latest Addition To The Spill Library…”Profiles From The New Yorker”; “I Don’t Like Murders That Take Place In New Jersey”

Happy 96th, Edward Sorel! The Spill wishes the one-and-only Edward Sorel a very happy 96th birthday!                 Above left: Mr. Sorel at The Century Cub in 2021, celebrating the release of his memoir, Profusely Illustrated. on the right: Mr. Sorel’s first book, Moon Missing, published in 1962. Below: Mr. Sorel’s New Yorker cover

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Weekend Spill: Dumpster Diving With Edward Sorel

Dumpster Diving With Edward Sorel The news of the SS United States being towed to its final resting place has reminded me of a rather large (23″ x 33″) framed piece hanging here in Spill headquarters. It’s an odd thing, this print of ships — we’ve nothing else like it hanging up. The SS United States is shown steaming north,

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